Entries Tagged as 'breakup'

feel free to share the happy news

October 21st, 2009 · 125 Comments

writes our anonymous submitter: “i know carl to have done exactly what she’s saying — cheat on her and lie to the girls saying he didn’t have a girlfriend. but still, a mass email? really? i’m not even on her friends list…so did she send it to his friends?” (the “k-hole,” by the way, reportedly [...]

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Tags: breakup · ex drama · facebook

when targeted advertising goes terribly, horribly wrong

June 7th, 2009 · 186 Comments

“a few days after changing my status to single,” writes meg in red deer, alberta, “facebook proves to be the creep i always knew it was.”

(jordon is the ex-boyfriend.)

related: reason #784 why you should never list your relationship status in your facebook profile

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Tags: breakup · canada · facebook

perfect for each other

May 14th, 2009 · 203 Comments

i’m having a hard time deciding who in this group of geniuses most deserves a smack in the head first. to make it easier, i’m going to tell myself that krystal is using some new kind of ironic dialect of homophone-swapping slang. and jennalyn…well, her name is jennalyn, and therefore i think it’s safe to [...]

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Tags: breakup · ex drama · facebook · kids today · oh no you didn't

snaps for schadenfreude!

March 16th, 2009 · 98 Comments

facebook’s new “i like this” feature doesn’t allow you to give “thumbs down” to your friends’ status updates or posted links — a boon to both the supportive, snap-cup-loving, kindergarten-teacher-types on your friends list and the die-hard passive-aggressives on your frenemies list!

the even bigger “ouch”?

related: reason #784 why you should never list your relationship status [...]

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Tags: breakup · facebook · frenemies

really though — carnations?

March 9th, 2009 · 142 Comments

so, kevin in san francisco says his friend’s roommate went on three “hang out at a bar” dates with this guy from france. after the third date — in admirably straightforward fashion — he told french guy it wasn’t wasn’t working out and he didn’t want to see him anymore. (you know, the old “it’s [...]

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Tags: breakup · san francisco · spurned lover

reason #784 why you should never list your relationship status in your facebook profile

December 4th, 2008 · 104 Comments

the icing on top here, says our submitter, is the second comment — the one from billy. why? because, well, that’s the guy slade just broke up with. (adds our submitter: “awkward pretty much sums it up.”)

related: please pick up your dirty laundry asap

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Tags: breakup · ex drama · facebook · oh no you didn't

some dating advice

May 16th, 2008 · 157 Comments

a breakup note too long for a text message…though that might have a been more (fucking) appropriate.

related: you oughta know

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Tags: "helpful" advice · breakup · cleveland · ex drama · fuck fuckity fuck fuck · more aggressive than passive